One thing I cannot resist is 雞蛋糕. I don't think anyone can...
Everytime you pass by, you are hypnotized by its buttery smell. Even if you do not feel hungry, you become hungry. It tempts you, calls your name - till you finally surrendor, walk back to the street vendor, and say: "I want 3 please" or "老闆,我要3個."
You have seen how it's made a million times, but it never gets old. You wait, patiently.
The moment the street vendor or 雞蛋糕先生 hands you the little brown paper bag, stuffed with your hot cakes, you can't help but feel a sense of happiness. You know it's going to be goooooood. A bite into the crispy skin, combined with hot chewy inside, is simply gratifying.
Who ever invented the 雞蛋糕, I give you all my respect. This simple recipe is like Coca-Cola: timeless. What a perfect marriage of taste, smell and texture... even the golden color. The wonderful thing is, we are reminded for a brief moment, of the memories of our childhood... how something so little and simple can make us feel happy and fulfilled. so instantly.
Somethings never have to change. Its secret recipe gives us a moment of simple pleasure, at only NT$25.
一張照片~就足以讓人流口水了... 請直接快遞..記到我家門口~謝謝! 哈~哈~哈~
如果我是雞蛋糕先生就好了!
Yeah cool. I love this Taiwanese stuff, too... I can't have it at where I live now : (
you don't live in taiwan?
光看照片就覺得好香又好吃的感覺咧… 還是原味的東西最好吃 快流口水了啦!! 找個時間去找這個東東來填嘴吧 哈哈 真的會受不了誘惑
我記得拍這照片時老闆有一點擔心拍到他的小攤子(他還說:"我媽媽說被曝光不太好"-->他真的好可愛,聽起來好老實).我跟他聊起來,解釋我覺得他做的真的好好吃..希望跟大家分享.也希望你們可以感受到我那時候的誘惑!!!
哈... 這家是我們上次吃完三明治回公司路上在買的那家嗎? 超優的啦...
不確定ㄟ..因為這老闆都現固定在一樣的地方賣! 詹姆士!!好快樂在這跟你碰面!!!!!
喝喝 ~這是哪一間的雞蛋糕呀? 造型很不一樣呢~我上禮拜在電視上看到在介紹雞蛋糕,結果回來那幾個禮拜上癮似的連去買了幾次,哈哈~ 請和我分享這個好吃的雞蛋糕的所在好咪~~PLS ORZ 愛吃的Q-mou Rong留~^^
hello :) 這家在忠孝敦化往ESLITE誠品的方向走..他都應概在那邊. 老闆是個差不多35歲,平頭. 人超nice的. 希望你下次有機會去他那邊! 真的不錯吃喔 :)
Oh yeah, I live in the US... How come you write your blog in English? I thought you live in Taiwan?
I write in English, because I'm not as fluent in Mandarin. I lived in Montreal for about 18 years! Left Taiwan when I was six.. so basically, I had to learn how to write in Mandarin in the past few years, since I came back. I think writing in English is also a lot easier to fully express what I really think and feel!! And you! You live in the US?! how come you write in Mandarin?! :)
Oh, I see. I can understand that. It must be a big adjustment for you moving from place to place. I couldn't adjust to Taiwan, even though I grew up there for 15 years... I spent almost half of my life in the US and I somehow like it a lot better, but TW is a great place to visit, just probably not a long-term living for me... I wrote in Chinese just because I don't wanna lose that capability I have with the language. I'm bilingual and both languages are equally challenging to me : )
Yah.. I was really not used to it at first, when I came back about 5 years ago. Everything was so different. Everything. It was like starting life here, all over again. But after awhile, I slowly got used to it. I know what you mean.. that Taiwan is a great place, but that you are just not quiet sure if this is the place to live forever. I admit, I miss Montreal a lot. But my parents are here... so I am building a new home here. But we never know where we are going to end up at the end, right? Only time can tell. Which part of US do you live in? I know Summer must be beautiful there.. hot, but at least not as humid! That's great that you are still really fluent in Mandarin - good to keep our roots! I am slowly trying to catch up, the best I can, to communicate my thoughts in Mandarin - not easy, but I try! :)
Wow... Building a new home there? That sounds really something. It seems to me you're a very adaptive person, so I guess you'll do fine! I hope you enjoy the life there. The food definitely is great! Probably what I love the most about TW... :D I live in California. It's nice here... I like the weather and the diversity of people. I like Mandarin... It's complex, but I like that fashion of the expression. You're doing very well! How long have you been learning that language?
Trust me.. it hasn't always been so easy adapting to the new life here. But I realized that since I started REALLY opening up my heart to this place, I felt more at home. And.. what can I say, the food is amazing here, like you mentioned! California... niiiiiiice. Beautiful weather, beautiful people. I think that's also something I miss, the diversity of people, from different walks of life and cultures. It's amazing how they all glue together in the same city. Enjoy that for me!!! Umm... I only started writing in Mandarin about last year - actually, I can only type and not write, since I can only recognize the shape and form of the characters. But I can easily get mixed up! But thanks for the encouragement, I'll keep working on it! Hope you enjoy your weekend!
是微笑雞蛋糕嗎?我比較習慣在四平街那買，年輕的老闆人超NICE的，如果要排隊等的話還可以留電話，先逛街再等候通知，有空試試唄!(我不是老闆，我是常客)
哈哈哈 ~ 謝謝 ~~ ok, 下次經過, 我會記得的!!!!! 還會打電話 call 我們 ~~ service 太好了吧!